WSU offers high school students theater opportunity

PULLMAN – Two dozen high school students from throughout central Washington will inspire others with their significant life experiences in Las Memorias 2014, a collaborative theater effort sponsored by Washington State University’s Office of Student Affairs and WSU Performing Arts. Performances are free to the public. Three are planned at the Pullman campus as well as in Othello, Wenatchee and Yakima. Here's the schedule. Aug. 19-21, WSU, Jones Theater in Daggy Hall, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4, Othello, McFarland Middle School, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 5, Wenatchee High School Music Auditorium, 11 a.m. Sept. 5, Yakima Valley Community College Kendall Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. In creating this project, John Fraire, WSU vice president of student affairs, and AnaMaria Correa, director of education at Ballet Hispanico – the nation’s leading Latino dance organization – wanted students to experience performance and the way it can improve lives. For more information, go online to http://bit.ly/1rwngBz.

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